Pictures 7 Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama

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Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama 1974 DETAIL VIEW FROM THE SOUTHWEST, SHOWING THE BASE OF THE #2 BLAST FURNACE, TAKEN FROM WITHIN THE CASTING SHED.
1974 DETAIL VIEW FROM THE SOUTHWEST, SHOWING THE BASE OF THE #2 BLAST FURNACE, TAKEN FROM WITHIN THE CASTING SHED.

Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama 1974 VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE BLAST FURNACE, SHOWING THE BUSTLE PIPE ENCIRCLING THE FURNACE (ABOVE) AND THE TAP HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPH
1974 VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE BLAST FURNACE, SHOWING THE BUSTLE PIPE ENCIRCLING THE FURNACE (ABOVE) AND THE TAP HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama 1977 View looking west at central furnace complex with Southern RR mainline tracks in foreground.
1977 View looking west at central furnace complex with Southern RR mainline tracks in foreground.

Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama 1951 View (when furnaces were still in blast) looking north at central furnace complex with railroad cars of furnace charging materials in foreground and No. 2 Furnace at left.
1951 View (when furnaces were still in blast) looking north at central furnace complex with railroad cars of furnace charging materials in foreground and No. 2 Furnace at left.

Sloss Furnace - Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, Birmingham Alabama 1977 View from the southwest showing No. 1 Furnace at left and hot blast stoves in center.
1977 View from the southwest showing No. 1 Furnace at left and hot blast stoves in center.